For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning on this much milder Tuesday! It was nice being able to put seeds out this morning without freezing my hands. I think the birds are happier as well, I can actually see their little feet today. The chickadees and redpolls were the first to arrive as usual. The pine grosbeaks were not too far behind. The evening grosbeaks always come a bit later, as do the blue jays. The nuthatches are kind of in between those 2 groups. The woodpeckers do not really have any kind of schedule, they just come when they show up.
Muffin was up early this morning, bouncing on me so I would get up and play with her. So I pulled myself out of bed, banged into my bedside shelves, smacked into the doorframe (almost made it through the doorway), missed tripping over Muffin and fell against my desk, made it to the kitchen and bent over to pet Muffin who was running circles around my legs, banged my head on the counter, decided on a trip to the bathroom (actually made it through the doorway without mishap), came back out, smacked into the doorway with my right shoulder (almost made it).
Muffin was still running in circles though not around me, she let me get some coffee brewing then off to the living room for play time, however, by this time she had been running wildly around the room, into the bedroom onto the bed, the window sill, onto the insulator display shelves, across her “bridge” and up to her “cave” and then back again only to repeat the procedure 2 more times so she was tired by the time I was ready to play. I tried to get her interested in our game of mousy, but all she did was lay there watching me toss the mouse around the room and chase it. I think she enjoys that. I enjoy it too when she is actually participating in the game as well.
And since she was not I decided to go get my coffee. That is the way to wake up, with a nice hot cup of coffee, while Muffin enjoys her breakfast. We were both happy now. Muffin was happy that she was able to get me out of bed to play and I was happy to watch her play and then enjoy some hot coffee. The birds are busy, there are a lot of them out there again. The forecast high for today is 16F (-9C), so I am going to head down to the river and see if I can make it all the way. A lot of people have been using the path so it should be easier walking. Hopefully. Guess I will find out. Thank you all for stopping by, have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin. (top image is part of the path to the river)
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Super photos Steve
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Thank you Sheree!
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Very Good Mrng Uncle Steve and Muffin. Muffin woke you up early, ha ha she did her job 😅 Muffin, you didn’t do it because we talked about it right 😉 anyway you enjoyed a nice early breakfast. Birds are getting warmer with your delicious seeds, Lovely photos Steve, stay safe walking to the river, hope you could go all the way down to the river. Have an awesome day✨🥳
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Yes, she did a good job, which is okay, I needed to get up and we had a great time playing even if we didn’t really play together it was still a great time playing!
It was much nicer today, got up to -10C, wonderful day. I didn’t go to the river though, something came up so I couldn’t go, but I did have a shorter walk anyway. Try again tomorrow!😂😂😹😹
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Hah try again tomorrow 😄👍 that’s right😁
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And I did it too!🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️
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yay!!! that’s awesome✨🥳
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😁😁
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Nearly an accident free morning!!😁 Good Job! Becareful on your walk!!😉😊
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Yep! It was great! For sure! Wonderful! I’m fine! I’m not sure about my head though.🤔🙄🙄
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Shoulder??🤔
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Oh, my shoulder has been terrible all day!
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How’s the door frame?😂😂😉
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Ha and haha! It’s not talking to me today.🙄
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You probably knocked it out when ran into it!😂😂😂
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Only it wood know for sure!🤣🤣
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And it’s knot telling anyone!!😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
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That’s because it’s mouth is jambed!🤣🤣
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That’s just SILLY!
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You have never heard of a door jamb?
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Have you heard of a door sill?😛😛😂😂😂😂
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No, but I have heard of window sills.
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Doors have them too!😛
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Yes, but they are at the bottom of the door, like window sills, but a jamb is the small board that keeps your door closing at the right spot, simply put. It goes around the inside edge of the door.😛😛😛
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Yes I know…. you said so I said Silly as in Sill silly😛😛😛😛😛😂😂😂
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No, you said SILLY, silly, a bedroom door doesn’t have a sill silly.😛😛😛😂😂😂
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Well I was talking about an exterior door!😛😛😛😛😛😂😂😂
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Why would I be walking outside when I get out of bed?🤔
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To feed the birds ya goof!🤣🤣😂🤭🤭🤭🤭
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Not that time of the morning! It doesn’t even get daylight until 730, well, this morning it was still dark then but that’s because it was cloudy. But it was sure nice today! Got up to 14!🥳🤸♂️🤸♂️
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Hey… now that’s a warm spell…😁😂
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That’s what I thought too, it was nice not to freeze my hands out there today.😄
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Yeah, that had to feel good
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Yes, it was nice to feel my fingers for a change!😂
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It sounded like the birds enjoyed it also.
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Yes, I think they did, they sounded more cheerful today. When it gets real cold they don’t say much, they just eat!😳
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Me too!😂😂😂
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I imagine you’ll go whistling merrily as you go walking next week! Tweet tweet!😁🐦
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That I will!! Tweet Tweet! 🐦 🦜 🦚 🪶 🦢 😁😊😂😂
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Hmm, a rectangular bird, that’s a new one for me!🤔😁
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It’s a feather 🪶 🤪 😂😂😂😂
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Cool! Rectangular feathers!😂
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Do you have your glasses on?🙄🤔🤭🤭
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All that shows up is a rectangle.🤔
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Hmmmm maybe you don’t have that emoji on your system?
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Yep, feathers are on phones, but not on computer emojis. So it just shows up as a rectangle.😁
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Ah ha… there you go.. I won’t use feathers,anymore.😁
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I’m sure the birds will be happy to hear that. They won’t have to worry about losing more feathers!😂😂
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Not from me anyway!😂
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They’re probably throwing a party right now.🥳🥳
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I hope so!! They need to keep moving so they don’t freeze!🥶🥶
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That’s a point.
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Poor little guys
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Girls too.
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Yep and girls too!😁😊
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I did a little snooping around on the internet and found a bunch of bingo places near my place down south, so I might try that out to get out of the house..
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Is that a popular restaurant down there?
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Restaurant? No, it’s where they play Bingo..
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Oh, bingo, not binge, got it now. See? Told you I read fast! Super speedy Steve, that’s me!🐱🏍
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Then you might want to slow down a little?🙄🤔
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Us speedy types have a hard time slowing down.🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
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Yeah… okay… no wonder you hit that poor door frame!🙄😏😏😂😂😂
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Hey, I just thought of something, maybe it hit me!😲😲
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Really? Really?? Oh man… that’s just wrong!! That door never did anything to you!!🙄🤔🤭🤭
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You’re right, that is wrong! Or is that left? If it’s right it could be left, but if it’s wrong it could be right. So does that mean that wrong and left are right?🤔🤔🙄🙄
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Sure sounds like it to me!🤣🤣😂😂
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I don’t even understand what I said.🤔🙄🙄🤪
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Me neither🙄🥴😳😂😂😂
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Sure, laugh at my inability to say anything sensible tonight.😳
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Well you did bang your head!🤕🤭🤭
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Yeah, but it didn’t change anything.🙄
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Except the counter possibly?😂😂😂😂
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I never heard anyone counting?🤔
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Maybe because your ears were ringing from hitting your head on the Kitchen Counter!😛
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I didn’t hit my ears, just my head. I think. But who knows what I was doing, I was asleep. Speaking of sleeping…
Good night Dusty!🌙😴😴
Talk again tomorrow!😁
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Good Night Steve!
Rest Well!😴🥱💤
Talk to you tomorrow!😁
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Oh boy is my shoulder sore tonight!! That shot did a number on it!😣😫
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Yeah, my booster really hit mine too, worse than the first 2!😲😲
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And that’s the truth!!😫😫
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That’s why I said it.😬😬
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Oh!! That’s why you said it??
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Was it the same arm as before?
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No I had it in the other side
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So much for that theory.
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Yeah, I’m just a wimp when it comes to pain.😔😂😂
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I should have used my opposite arm, maybe it wouldn’t have hurt so much then.
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I don’t think it would’ve mattered!😂😂
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I think sometimes it’s the person giving the jab in the arm! Good morning Dusty! I’m late arriving today, I was away from my computer all day, actually I was away most of the day.😀🙄
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Not an issue here. I was in bed most of the day!🤢 The chills fever and body aches were unreal! I’m feeling g a bit better. I took 4 aspirin about 430 this afternoon. That really helped. Hard to say if it’s just the normal course of things or the aspirin.. I just want it to go away.
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Of course it’s always possible you picked up something too and it’s not the shot. But hopefully that’s not it. Best place to be is in bed when you’re not feeling well.
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I did for as long as I could take it. I hurt so bad just lying there I had to get up and move around.
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That’s the best thing to do sometimes, get up and move around a bit.
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sounds like your morning would have made for some good slapstick humor!
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Well, I certainly got slapped around! It is quite funny trying to visualize all that happened!😂😹
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Sorry your trip to the river was put on hold ! It must have been for a good reason…enjoyed your great photos ! I believe Muffin has got you trained ! Have fun ! 😀😺
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Well, Muffin has me trained in some things, she’s still working on other areas though!😂😹
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“MUCH MILDER!?” at 16⁰F!? Glad you and Muffin have a warm house! 😉
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Only made it to 10F today, but still nice with only a light wind. I also use lots of blankets!😂😹
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